Demand on your CARE: Skin Disorders and Pressure Injuries

CUHK

Course introduction

Welcome to CUHK’s ELDER011!
Demand on your CARE: Skin Disorders and Pressure Injuries

About this course
This course is part of a MOOC series of the "Jockey Club CADENZA e-tools for Elder Care" funded by the Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust.

This course is open to health and social care professional or anyone who are interested to this subject in committing their effort in helping seniors to cope with skin disorders and pressure injuries. Skin is the largest organ of our body which protecting us from damage. At old age, ageing skin and skin disorders may bring various degrees of impact to older adults. Taking this course will help you understand the normal ageing skin, common skin disorders, skin care tips, prevention and management of pressure injuries among older adults.

The course opens on 10 Dec, 2021 and will run through identical issues till end of 2025. Let us go through the "Jockey Club CADENZA e-tools for Elder Care" in understanding the ageing skin in older adults.

There are 3 chapters and quizzes in this course. We estimate that you will need to spend no more than 3 contact hours on average to complete the course. It is in self-paced mode. You can study at anytime and anywhere you want. We suggest you could study in a weekly basis for each chapter at your own schedule. Before you start, here is some helpful information for successful completion of this course.

Assessment
After study all the chapters, there will be an assessment consists of 10 quizzes. To facilitate your learning process, the assessment allows multiple attempts. While answering the questions, you are free to refer back to the teaching materials for answers.

After completion of this course with 50% passing marks, certificate of attendance or 3 Council-CNE points certificate (Nurse only) will be awarded. Please refer to the information 'How to get certificate' for details.

What you will learn

Skin and ageing
Warning signs of skin condition
Common skin disorders among older adults
Skin care tips for older adults
Prevention and management of pressure injuries

Requirements
There is no entry requirement.

Course Staffs
Prof. Jean Woo
Director
CUHK Jockey Club Institute of Ageing

Dr. Christopher Lum
Consultant
CUHK Jockey Club Institute of Ageing
Dr. Noble Law
Consultant
CUHK Jockey Club Institute of Ageing

Ms. Maggie Wong
Nursing Officer
CUHK Jockey Club Institute of Ageing

Dr. Kingsley Chan
Specialist in Dermatology

Mr. James Sze
Registered Dietitian
CUHK Jockey Club Institute of Ageing
Centre of Nutritional Studies

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